A contingent of Latinos led by Young Lords ' Field Marshals David Rivera and Raul Lugo traveled from the Young Lords People's Church in Chicago in 1969.

In September 2009, Chicago financier James C. Tyree and a team of investors had a $ 5 million bid accepted to purchase the Sun-Times Media Group, contingent on the paper's unions accepting to deep compensation cuts and work-rule changes.

After suffering a series of tragic losses, Chicago residents Anna and Horatio Spafford led a small American contingent in 1881 to Jerusalem to form a Christian utopian society.

The Brigade was bolstered during its campaign by a contingent of volunteers who came from Chicago and by a variety of Irish volunteers, who travelled from America and Ireland for the purposes of joining the Brigade.

When the Chicago Great Western was federalized during World War I, a contingent of Illinois National Guardsmen were assigned to protect the tunnel.

The satiric elements of ballad opera can be seen in some modern musicals such as Chicago and Cabaret.

The two stadiums are roughly equidistant for Cubs fans living in north-suburban Chicago ; hence, fans in this region take advantage of Miller Park's larger seating and parking capacity, more modern amenities, and the certainty that the game will not be weather-delayed ( due to Miller Park's roof ) to attend Cubs games in Milwaukee in large numbers, enhancing the rivalry's intensity.

Chicago is home to several other modern and jazz dance troupes, such as the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

The emigration of the German Bauhaus school of design to Chicago in 1937 brought a " mass-produced " minimalism to America ; sparking a wild fire of " modern " architecture and design.

* H. Floris Cohen, The Scientific Revolution: A Historiographical Inquiry, University of Chicago Press 1994-Discussion on the origins of modern science has been going on for more than two hundred years.

Instructional theory is heavily influenced by the 1956 work of Benjamin Bloom, a University of Chicago professor, and the results of his Taxonomy of Education Objectives — one of the first modern codifications of the learning process.

They were the first organized troupes in Chicago, Illinois and from their success, the modern Chicago improvisational comedy movement was spawned.

Using the Seagram as a prototype, Mies ' office designed a number of modern high-rise office towers, notably the Chicago Federal Center, which includes the Dirksen and Kluczynski Federal Buildings and Post Office ( 1959 ) and the IBM Plaza in Chicago ; the Westmount Square in Montreal, and the Toronto-Dominion Centre in 1967.

He was called a " modern day Leonardo Da Vinci " by the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

One of Scorsese's most consistent supporters, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that " In countless ways, right down to the detail of modern TV crime shows, Mean Streets is one of the source points of modern movies.

Cubism and modern European art was introduced into the United States at the now legendary 1913 Armory Show in New York City, which then traveled to Chicago.

The modern Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves franchises trace their histories back to the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players in the early 1870s.

Carter Harrison CribIn 1915, when Harrison left office, Chicago had essentially reached its modern size in land area, and had a population of 2, 400, 000 ; the city was moving inexorably into its status as a major modern metropolis.

The White City of the World's Colombian Exposition inspired the Merchant's Club of Chicago to commission Daniel Burnham to create the Plan of Chicago in 1909, which became the first modern comprehensive city plan in America.

The Aon Center ( 200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building ) is a modern skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1974 as the Standard Oil Building.

Chicago Sun Times film critic Roger Ebert put the film on his " Great Movies " list in 2007, calling it "... modern, lean, and honest.

The passengers, including " Zeph " the burro, that rode the Zephyr on the " Dawn-to-Dusk Dash " gather for a group photo in front of the train after arriving in Chicago on May 26, 1934. One interesting and enduring exhibit was the 1933 Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition that demonstrated modern home convenience and creative practical new building materials and techniques with twelve model homes sponsored by several corporations affiliated with home decor and construction.

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co., 1907, contains an early defense of the materialist conception of history against its critics of the day

Some critics, such as Jerry Coyne ( professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago ) and Eugenie Scott ( a physical anthropologist and executive director of the National Center for Science Education ) have argued that the concept of irreducible complexity, and more generally, intelligent design is not falsifiable, and therefore, not scientific.

Other critics like Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader said " the acting and editing have such original, tumultuous force that the picture is completely gripping ".

Although it remains a controversial film, it has been praised by various film historians and critics, and, while not typically considered a horror film, Salò was named the 65th scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006 and is the subject of an article in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural ( 1986 ).

The other projectionist is Steven Kraus, whose primary occupation is running a private screening room in Chicago used by studios to preview films for critics.

Having for its setting the University of Chicago, it had among its characters Radu Grielescu, who was identified by several critics as Eliade.

The film, which received a positive reception from critics, was largely influenced by Hunt's blue-collar Catholic upbringing in Chicago.

" Of Rotten Tomatoes ' " top critics ," only Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader disliked Absence of Malice, writing that " the picture has a smug, demoralizing sense of pervasive corruption.

Despite the reception, Schwimmer's performance was favored by critics ; Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the role was Schwimmer's " career-transforming performance ".

ERs success surprised the networks and critics alike, as David E. Kelley's new medical drama Chicago Hope was expected to crush the new series.

Several other archaeologists at Chicago shared Binford's ideas, a group their critics began calling the " New Archaeologists ".

Many critics reviewed the album, Pitchfork Media quotes " The Richard D. James Album is 43. 5 minutes of pure electronic genius " A review by the Chicago Sun-Times < nowiki >'</ nowiki > Jim DeRogatis said of the album: " James has turned inward for inspiration, painting aural pictures of real and imagined scenes from his West Country childhood.

Not long ago Peter Watrous of the New York Times described Threadgill as “ perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation .” Recent concerts in Chicago have led the local critics to speak of him as a revolutionary figure, altering the manner in which jazz itself is going.

Radio critics praised her for having an excellent radio voice and for speaking with confidence ( see for example Larry Wolters, " First Lady to Give First Talk At White House ," Chicago Tribune, March 22, 1931, p. G9 ).

Prominent Chicago critics have bemoaned the " recklessness of making irreversible changes to the structure of the hall "

It was championed by Chicago critics Ashton Stevens and Claudia Cassidy whose enthusiasm helped build audiences so the producers could move the play to Broadway where it won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1945.

By 1938, when the production had embarked on a national tour, regional critics from Washington D. C. to Chicago gave her rave reviews.

Wimsatt also drew on the work of both ancient critics, such as Longinus and Aristotle, and some of his own contemporaries, such as T. S. Eliot and the writers of the Chicago School, to formulate his theories, often by highlighting key ideas in those authors ' works in order to refute them.

A documentary by Chicago filmmaker Brian Harrison on WCCW and the Von Erichs, Heroes of World Class, was released on DVD on June 15, 2006, to rave reviews from fans and critics alike.

Cowboy Songs earned widespread praise from country and folk music critics, such as Jack Hurst from the Chicago Tribune who wrote, " is not only one of the finest albums of year but also one of the finest of the last decade.

The CueCat's critics said the device was ultimately of little use: wrote Jeff Salkowski of the Chicago Tribune, " You have to wonder about a business plan based on the notion that people want to interact with a soda can ," while Debbie Barham of the Evening Standard quipped that the CueCat " fails to solve a problem which never existed.

It was partly a reaction to New Criticism, a then highly popular form of literary criticism, which the Chicago critics accused of being too subjective and placing too much importance on irony and figurative language.

After this first generation, the most important critics to carry on the theory were Wayne C. Booth ( who taught at the University of Chicago from 1947-1950 and again from 1962 until his death in 2005 ), and his contemporaries, Richard L. Levin, Sheldon Sacks, Robert Marsh, Arthur Heiserman, and Ralph W. Rader.

The Chicago School has demonstrated continuing importance, and continuing flexibility, in the work of the third-generation Chicago critics, including Michael Boardman, Barbara Foley, Walter A. Davis, Dorothy Hale, Elizabeth Langland, James Phelan, Peter J. Rabinowitz, David H. Richter, and Harry Shaw, among others.